Rudolph Giuliani Gets The Blessing Of Steve Forbes

Comic Dana Carvey once joked that the patron saint of the flat tax, Forbes magazine publisher, Steve Forbes, looked like he was "sewn together from dead people". Well, Forbes carries just about this much charisma with the general public, yet his endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani may well reap important donations from others on Wall Street, which may prove to be the most important benefit of a normally noneventual endorsement of a failed candidate like Forbes with little broadbased public support.

Forbes previous failed effort for the presidency certainly failed to excite the public once before. His dry style was more suited to the boardroom than anything. And his absolute lack of charisma coupled with the wealthy-class rights platform of his one note flat tax campaign, certainly failed to ring up much support among the working class who would benefit the least under this proposal. However, the Wall Street community would like to find a candidate to further their own economic interests. If the blessing of Forbes achieves simply this much for Giuliani, then Forbes has certainly proven that he commands a powerful group of voters; those with deep pocketbooks.

If Giuliani manages to couple the deep pockets of the Wall Street community along with voters who still think of him as some 9/11 hero figure, then Giuliani does indeed improve his standing for the Republican nomination. But whatever large business interests that hover towards Giuliani will also shape his policies as well, both domestic and foreign policy.

More than ever before in American presidential history, the Bush presidency proved to be a coup by big business interests. The oil and defense contractors were the main forces within this coup that effectively changed the nature of the American government into an oligarchy of business interests and certainly was the driving force towards the war for oil in Iraq. The main business interests that begin to surround Giuliani will provide an important clue to the direction of his foreign policy as president. If more oil and defense contractor interests begin to hover towards this campaign, then it can be wisely assumed that policies remarkably similiar to the current foreign policy will only continue. So far, Giuliani hasn't proven any major differences with the current Bush foreign policy. Voters will have to ask themselves whether they want to continue these type of policies for another four or even eight years.